State Act

THE KARNATAKA COMMAND AREAS DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1980

4. Composition of the Authority .- (1) The Authority shall consist of the following members, namely :- (a) ten persons nominated by the State Government of whom one shall be a small farmer, one shall be a person belonging to scheduled castes or scheduled tribes, one shall be an agricultural labourer, and one shall be a rural artisan; (b) one person nominated by the State Government to represent banks and financial institutions ; 1[(c) the Deputy Secretary to Government (Command Area Development Authority), Irrigation Department;]1 1[(cc) the Chief Secretaries of the concerned Zilla Parishads;]1 (d) the Director of Agriculture 1[or his nominee not below the rank of Joint Director of Agriculture;]1 (e) 1[the Engineer-in-Chief and]1 the Chief Engineers of the concerned irrigation project or projects; (f) the Registrar of Co-operative Societies 1[or his nominee not below the rank of Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies]1; (g) the Director of Town Planning ; (h) the Commissioner and Secretary to Government, Finance Department ; (i) the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Agricultural Sciences ; (j) the Deputy Commissioners of the concerned revenue districts ; (k) the Administrator appointed under section 11. (2) The State Government shall appoint,- (i) one of the members as the Chairman ; and (ii) one of the members or any officer of the Authority as the Secretary of the Authority.